Roy Johnson (MPS)

Roy Johnson was Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police Service during the 1960s and 1970s. He was famous for arresting around six policemen for robberies, bribery, and other offenses, with some reaching as high as the rank of Inspector. In 1970, he was appointed to investigate allegations of corruption within the "Dirty Squad", which was in the pocket of the Soho crime boss Benny Barratt. He was called in by his friend and fellow British 8th Army veteran, Commissioner Colin Blamire, after much pressure from the media, and his report detailed a web of corruption which reached all the way to Home Secretary Claude Seabrook. Blamire chose not to publish it or even read it, fearing that the media publication would embarrass the MPS; Johnson went on to retire by 1979, infuriated that his report was never read.